Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Iris Meredith is a reader that reached out months ago about how job negotiations mysteriously break down the moment employers realize she is trans.

She's now choosing violence, has started a consultancy that does software/DEI work, and just dropped this bomb that will probably get her banned from LinkedIn.

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dei_original_sin

I suspect many here will appreciate it or find it thought-provoking. I've never had a trans colleague despite all my employers paying lip service 24/7.

A new #Louisiana law goes into effect Thursday that will make it a misdemeanor for anyone, including #journalists, to be within 25 feet of a #police officer if the officer orders them back.

#News #Crime #CriminalJustice #CivilRights #Protests #Journalism #PressFreedom #Government #FirstAmendment

https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-buffer-law

🧵 I've spent this year writing for the @newrepublic about how a group of Silicon Valley billionaires has gone WEIRD. Now their weirdness is mating up with Trump's MAGA weirdness in the 2024 election.
Here's a few things to understand about these guys:

Come work with me! I'm looking for a Product Security Engineer to join my incredibly talented security assurance team. We sit in the middle of the entire technology stack, and you'd be working among the very best security engineers on an incredibly important (and very interesting!) mission: securing autonomous freight vehicles.

You can find all the details (including how to apply) on our careers page:

https://aurora.tech/jobs/staff-product-security-engineer-7324951002

#jobs #careers #infosec

I've been hosting #NextCloud @Hetzner_Online for a year now, and I just rescaled my server with twice the shared vCPUs, RAM & storage for the same €3.89 per month. Folks, #MooresLaw is not dead!

Security Researchers and Journalists at Risk: Why You Should Hate the Proposed UN #Cybercrime Treaty - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/journalists-and-security-researchers-risk-why-you-should-hate-proposed-un #journalism #periodismo

So over on RNZ, Peter Griffin is downplaying the danger (or need to change the status quo) of complete reliance on Microsoft (and its architecturally flawed monoculture)...

Capitalism's greatest trick was stealing so much of our time that we cannot imagine living without the 'conveniences' it sells back to us.

Nice concise look at what "weird" means in practical #politics, both conceptually and in terms of where the core of the (US) parties are right now: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1818020869244948908.html

What's wrong with the NZ Health System? https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523686/what-s-gone-wrong-with-new-zealand-s-health-system It's been purposely underfunded by a gov't working for the interests of the wealthiest and corporations, and is dead set on privatising all of NZ's public wealth and institutions.

Jenny, Harah, & Leroy on the farm. We spent the morning hoeing, trellising, and harvesting.

And talking: water use and development, books we are reading, commons vs markets, insects, weeds, and more.

Our poetry reading included Billy Collins, Langston Hughes, Rumi, an anonymous blogger, medieval Japanese Haiku, and a song Emma's grandmother wrote about well water contaminated by a dead rabbit.

Will told us that #farm_club work is freeing up time to experiment with regenerative approaches.

Having a campaign that can call these freaks out is refreshing. https://brianmcfadden.org/2024/07/25/kamala-harriss-roast-of-donald-trump/

Climate Change: Can One Specific Example Counter the Denialists?

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/07/climate-change-can-one-specific-example-counter-the-denialists.html

Tech journalists reporting on Logitech's plans for a "forever mouse" should lead with what the company really wants: You pay a subscription fee to use it.

This is prime enshittification.

@pluralistic

Governments always want to censor and surveil the internet and the only thing that ever changes is the boogeyman they point to as justification for their power grab.

Last two days to take 70% off titles from our latest pallet of returns. Use coupon code “Damages” at checkout. https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_list&c=195

#books #bookstodon

KOSA, just passed by the Senate 91-3, will allow politicians and federal commissioners to decide what Americans should read and watch online. It’s a blatant attack on our free speech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/kosa-internet-censorship-bill-just-passed-senate-its-our-last-chance-stop-it

#Forgejo v8.0 was just released! Get it at https://forgejo.org/download/. 🚀

Forgejo v8.0 is available with new features (support for workflow dispatch, better defaults to avoid spam on new instances etc.), a new approach to UI and UX, careful upgrade of dependencies to improve stability and security. Foundation parts for ActivityPub based federation and data portability were merged,, bringing these features closer to completion, but they're not available yet. ✨

Read more at https://forgejo.org/2024-07-release-v8-0/

Limited-time offer: Librem 5, our security-focused smartphone with hardware kill switches, now $649! Experience true digital privacy. Sale won't last! #Librem5 #PureOS #Pruism

https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

Good work everybody.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/low-income-homes-drop-internet-service-after-congress-kills-discount-program/